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2026 World Weightlifting Championships
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The 2026 World Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo, China, featured several notable performances from international athletes. Taiwanese weightlifter Chen Kuan-ling earned two silver medals and one bronze medal in the women’s 57kg category. Her achievements included a 90kg snatch for bronze, a 125kg clean and jerk for silver, and a 215kg total for silver. During the clean and jerk, a strategic decision by her coaching staff to increase the weight allowed her to successfully lift 125kg on her final attempt, overtaking competitors by a single kilogram. These results contribute to her qualification points for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Hsinchu County Magistrate Yang Wen-ke pledged continued government support for support, including training resources and financial rewards, to assist the athlete following her performance. 21-year-old athlete. In the women’s 61kg category, Colombian weightlifter Karen Tatiana Mosquera secured a silver medal in the snatch event with a lift of 111kg. 111kg, finishing just one kilogram behind China’s Pei Xinyi. While she placed eleventh in the clean and jerk discipline after failing a 130kg attempt, her total of 236kg earned her fifth place overall. This was Colombia’s second medal of the tournament, following a bronze by Hugo Fernando Montes in the men’s 75kg snatch. Dominican weightlifter Yudelina Mejia secured two bronze medals in the women’s 86kg category, earning bronze in both the clean and jerk and the total lifts. Mejia lifted 147kg in the clean and jerk and finished with a total of 266kg, after a 119kg snatch placed her fourth in that discipline. William Ozuna, president of the Dominican Weightlifting Federation, stated the team’s goal was to begin accumulating points for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games qualification process.
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